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(9.) Always have the bottle and teat quite clean before putting in the feed.
(10.) Do not use a dummy teat.
(11.) Special care should be taken as to the cleanliness of floors and bedding.
(12.) Keep all food covered from flies and dust, which spread the disease.
2. What to do if baby catches the disease.
(1.) Remember that the illness is serious. Even if baby is teething, send for
the doctor at once.
(2.) As soon as sickness and diarrhcea begin, stop giving baby milk and food,
and give only pure hot water, sweetened with a little sugar, every half-hour.
(3.) Keep baby warm. Put on a flannel binder, and put a hot water bottle to
the child's feet.
(4.) Open all windows at the top.
(5.) Remember that the illness is catching. Always wash the hands after
changing baby, and disinfect all soiled clothing by boiling.
(6.) If the house drains get stopped up, or the supply of water gets low, tell
your landlord and write to the Medical Officer of Health, 24, Somerset Street,
Portman Square, W.
Another card of information with regard to the care of the eyes is also
distributed.
Prevention of accumulation in, or in the vicinity of houses of decomposing
animal and vegetable matter.—The advice given by the women workers both official
and voluntary, in addition to referring to feeding and care of infants, relates also to
general hygiene and the importance of destruction of refuse liable to decomposition, on
the household fires. When undue collections of refuse of any kind or if dirty houses
are met with, the fact is reported to the Medical Officer of Health and steps are taken
to have the refuse removed and cleansing carried out.
In addition, as is mentioned elsewhere, in the districts inhabited by the poorest
members of the community, refuse collection is carried out much more frequently than
in other parts. In Lisson Grove, for example, most of the main streets are on the
daily kerb collection list, and practically all the side streets on the three times a week
list. The blocks of dwellings in most cases are subject to a system of daily or at least
a thrice a week collection. The quantity of refuse, therefore, in or in the neighbourhod
of houses in these parts is kept very low.
With regard to manure removal, in most cases this is carried out three times a
week, and accumulations of any size are rarely found.
For scavenging, the department of the Borough Surveyor is responsible, and the
streets are regularly and frequently cleansed.
In connection with the cleanliness of the surroundings of houses, the greatest
amount of benefit has been obtained from the sanitary surveys carried out by the